Climb the 199 steps to the top of the still working Cape May Lighthouse (circa 1859) for sweeping views of Cape Island and the Delaware Bay. Gawk at the half-sunken, 250-foot-long concrete SS Atlantus, of post'World War I vintage, off Sunset Beach. For birdwatchers, nearly 400 species during peak migration periods are just waiting to be added to “sightings” lists, and Cape May is listed as one of the top ten birding “hot spots” in North America, with ample diversity in terms of habitats and feathered creatures in places like the 244-acre Cape May Point State Park. (where the lighthouse is located, and which also offers nature programs).

Read more in Tripatini contributor Fyllis Hockman´s post Sea, Sun, Fun - and Victoriana: Escape to Another Era in Cape May, New Jersey.

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